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Password cracking

In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords protecting a computer system. A common approach (brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. Another type of approach is password spraying, which is often automated…

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Time needed for password searches

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Password cracking

Nodes86
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Triples33
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023256
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Password cracking

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related to Software · 13
Password cracking → Abel, Aircrack-ng, Cain, DaveGrohl, ElcomSoft, Hashcat, Hydra, John, Many, Most, Ripper, The, There
related to Time needed for password searches · 10
Password cracking → Another, CAPTCHAs, Higher, If, In, More, Most, One, The, With
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Password cracking → process of guessing passwords protecting a computer system

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password passwords cracking using hash used number time algorithms many crack approach brute-force hashing one system key users security common

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Password crackingis aprocess of guessing passwords protecting a computer system0.90text
'Einstance ofwill often lead to easy-to-guess substitutions0.80text
16 charactersinstance ofwhen password requirements require a long minimum length0.80text
people tend to repeat characters or even entire words within their passwordsinstance ofwhen password requirements require a long minimum length0.80text
consecutive digits and/or adjacent keyboard keysinstance ofor trivial passwords that employed weak constructs0.80text
rainbow tables.Another approach is to combine a site-specific secret key with the password hashinstance ofprevents multiple hashes from being attacked simultaneously and also prevents the creation of pre-computed dictionaries0.80text
which prevents plaintext password recovery even if the hashed values are purloinedinstance ofprevents multiple hashes from being attacked simultaneously and also prevents the creation of pre-computed dictionaries0.80text
crypt-SHAinstance ofwith stronger methods0.80text
bcryptinstance ofwith stronger methods0.80text
and scryptinstance ofwith stronger methods0.80text
Password crackingrelated to SoftwareThere0.60section
Password crackingrelated to SoftwareAircrack-ng0.60section

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